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The Air We Breathe: Discipling our Kids in a Secular World.

Show Notes Guest: Glen Scrivener — Director of Speak Life, evangelist, YouTuber, and author of The Air We Breathe Topics […]

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Effective Child Discipleship: Looking at Outcomes Rather Than Just Activities

Summary Matt Markins and Mike Handler open with a 2014 Awana research finding that keeps Matt awake: asked how carefully […]

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Raise Kids Who Love Their Neighbors: Gospel Witness Starts at Home

Who is my neighbor? When a man asked Jesus this question in Luke 10:29, Jesus responded with the parable of […]

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Creating a Culture of Discipleship in the Home

Episode Summary In this episode, Matt Markins and Mike Handler take on a frustration nearly every children’s ministry leader knows: […]

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11 Million Kids, 140 Countries: The Mission We've Chosen to Accept

“Mission,” is a word with a broad spectrum of associations. Mission: Impossible. Missions to outer space. The mission field. The […]

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Kids Ministry Leaders: Stop Chasing Happiness, Start Building Joy

What kids need most is joy. We must give them joy that only comes from treasuring Christ. Rather than giving […]

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Discipling the Disciplers: Why Your Job Isn't Just the Kids

Episode Summary In this episode, Mike Handler sits down with Sam Luce to challenge a default assumption in children’s ministry: […]

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Defining the Discipleship Stalemate

Episode Summary In this episode of the Child Discipleship Podcast, Matt Markins and Mike Handler tackle one of the most […]

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Practical Ways to Adapt Your Curriculum for Neurodivergent Kids

It started with a cotton ball. Decades ago, our church’s preschool team was trying to help kids experience Bible stories […]

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Making Prayer the Foundation of Your Children's Ministry

Summary This episode of the Child Discipleship Podcast centers on a confession before it becomes a lesson: Matt Markins openly […]

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Discipling Your Family Through the Chaos of Summer

A professor of mine once said, “What you study determines how you study it.” The statement makes good sense. After […]

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Creating Parent Partnerships

Despite decades of effort since George Barna popularized the “parents as primary spiritual influence” framework in 2003, children’s ministry leaders […]

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Make This Summer Meaningful: Establish a Family Summer Discipleship Rhythm

Ah, summer. Just the word evokes the sensations of warm days playing games in the yard, evenings spent roasting marshmallows […]